Many dog remains found in South Side wooded area

Many dog remains found in South Side wooded area

YOUNGSTOWN — In a dead-end neighborhood directly behind Eagle Heights Academy, an untold number of dog carcasses and bones litter the woods.

“I’ve got poodles, Chihuahuas and pit bulls,” Dave Nelson, a Mahoning County deputy dog warden, shouted today from trees behind 138 E. Warren Ave. “There’s lots of collars and leashes but no IDs.”

Nelson held up the bare skull of a dog to illustrate his grisly find. The wooded area continues to the street’s dead end — as do the remains of dogs, some in plastic bags, some exposed, he said.

The animals’ remains were expected to be removed Wednesday by a city worker.

The dead-end stretch of East Warren is behind the stadium of the former South High School. The school faces Market Street.

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